Concussion biomechanics, head acceleration exposure and brain injury criteria in sport: a review

G Tierney - Sports biomechanics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
There are mounting concerns surrounding the risk of neurodegenerative diseases and
complications associated with concussion incidence and repetitive head acceleration events …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of the test methodology used in current cycling helmet standards and literature

B Emsley, J Farmer, P Sherratt, P Goodall… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cycling helmets play a crucial role in protecting against head injuries, however, their
effectiveness in mitigating all types of head injury is limited, particularly traumatic brain …

Identifying Factors Associated with Head Impact Kinematics and Brain Strain in High School American Football via Instrumented Mouthguards

NJ Cecchi, AG Domel, Y Liu, E Rice, R Lu… - Annals of biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Repeated head impact exposure and concussions are common in American football.
Identifying the factors associated with high magnitude impacts aids in informing sport policy …

Time window of head impact kinematics measurement for calculation of brain strain and strain rate in American football

Y Liu, AG Domel, NJ Cecchi, E Rice, AA Callan… - Annals of biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Wearable devices have been shown to effectively measure the head's movement during
impacts in sports like American football. When a head impact occurs, the device is triggered …

Head acceleration events in male community Rugby players: an observational cohort study across four playing grades, from Under-13 to senior men

MD Bussey, D Salmon, J Romanchuk, B Nanai… - Sports Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Objectives The aim of this study was to examine the cumulative head acceleration event
(HAE) exposure in male rugby players from the Under-13 (U13) to senior club level over 4 …

A wearable hydraulic shock absorber with efficient energy dissipation

NJ Cecchi, Y Liu, RV Vegesna, X Zhan, W Yang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Advances in shock absorber technology are often translated to wearable personal protective
equipment (PPE) to protect humans from impact-related injuries. However, the effectiveness …

Predictive factors of kinematics in traumatic brain injury from head impacts based on statistical interpretation

X Zhan, Y Li, Y Liu, AG Domel, HV Alizadeh… - Annals of biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Brain tissue deformation resulting from head impacts is primarily caused by rotation and can
lead to traumatic brain injury. To quantify brain injury risk based on measurements of …

Brain deformation estimation with transfer learning for head impact datasets across impact types

X Zhan, Y Liu, NJ Cecchi, O Gevaert… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: The machine-learning head model (MLHM) to accelerate the calculation of brain
strain and strain rate, which are the predictors for traumatic brain injury (TBI), but the model …

A sensor-enabled cloud-based computing platform for computational brain biomechanics

RR Menghani, A Das, RH Kraft - Computer Methods and Programs in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objectives Driven by the risk of repetitive head trauma, sensors
have been integrated into mouthguards to measure head impacts in contact sports and …

Adaptive machine learning head model across different head impact types using unsupervised domain adaptation and generative adversarial networks

X Zhan, J Sun, Y Liu, NJ Cecchi, E Le Flao… - IEEE Sensors …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine learning head models (MLHMs) are developed to estimate brain deformation from
sensor-based kinematics for early detection of traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, the …